As an alternative to using VT IOCTLs you should be able to echo these values to /sys/class/graphics/fb0/blank and blank the screen. The attribute is pretty new so it hasn't had a lot of testing on the various fbdev drivers.
#define VESA_NO_BLANKING 0 #define VESA_VSYNC_SUSPEND 1 #define VESA_HSYNC_SUSPEND 2 #define VESA_POWERDOWN 3 On 8/16/05, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 11:41 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > (I'm blind and I use a braille display. I use those functions to blank > > my laptop's screen so people don't read it, and hopefully to conserve > > power.) > > Oops ! I _am_not_ the one who is blind, though thanks a lot for some of > the comments ;) I just forgot the line: > > From: Stéphane Doyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (I'm still stuck to Signed-off-by only lines) > > > Stephane is to congratulate for this fix. > > Ben. > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
